Aaron Boone New York Yankees 2003 ALCS Walk-Off Home Run Premium Poster Print - Photofile Inc.

After obtaining him from Cincinnati in yet another high-profile deadline trade, the Yankees were expecting big things from Aaron Boone down the stretch in 2003. Through August and September, they waited patiently as he tried to regain his early-season form. Through the first two rounds of the playoffs, he continued to struggle mightily. As he brought his .161 post-season average to the plate to start the bottom of the 11th in the nail-biting Game 7 of the ALCS, no one could have predicted what was about to happen. We should have known better. The Curse of the Bambino was about to strike again, and another dagger was about to be driven into the heart of Red Sox nation! To cap one of the most exciting post-season series in the history of baseball, Boone took Tim Wakefield's first pitch of the inning deep over the left-field wall, and touched off another night of wild celebrations in The Bronx. As dramatic as it was improbable, Boone's blast instantly cemented his legacy with the Bombers,